Prevention | Intervention
Elderly Substance Abuse Leads to Poverty & Homelessness
The following is a guest post by Amber Paley, blogger and freelance writer, whose primary focus is researching and writing on issues that affect the elderly. Amber writes for nursinghomeabuse.net and can be reached at amber@nursinghomeabuse.net. Poverty and Homelessness Among the Elderly The way in which the government understands the problem of homelessness in the…
Read MoreManaging the Fear and Anxiety of the Unknown
The following is a guest post by Stan Popovich is the author of “A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear Using Psychology, Christianity and Non Resistant Methods” – an easy to read book that presents a general overview of techniques that are effective in managing persistent fears and anxieties. For additional information go to: http://www.managingfear.com/. All…
Read MoreStress and the Developing Brain
Stress and the developing brain – the impact of the chronic stress a child experiences when living with undiagnosed, unhealthily discussed substance abuse [something I refer to as secondhand drinking / drugging] can have a significant impact on the developing brain. To this point, Bruce S. McEwen’s September 21, 2011 article, “Effects of Stress on…
Read MoreSecondhand Drinking | Drugging (SHD): Understand | Treat | Prevent – Break the Cycles
Secondhand Drinking | Drugging (SHD) – how does understanding it lead to prevention and treatment of substance abuse, addiction, alcoholism, underage drinking and | and/or underage drug abuse? In other words, how does it help break the cycle? Secondhand Drinking | Drugging (SHD) Explained There are several entry points to the disease of addiction (whether…
Read MoreCoping With Secondhand Drinking | Drugging as a Young Person Can Cause a Young Person to Wire Unhealthy Coping Skills
Secondhand Drinking | Drugging – when a young person is “forced” to cope with a family member’s ongoing drinking or drugging behaviors, it can actually change how that young person’s brain wires. This, in turn, means it can actually change that young person’s life. Impacts of Coping With Secondhand Drinking | Drugging In previous posts,…
Read MoreUsing Nutrition to Heal the Brain
Using nutrition to heal the brain is one of the easier things a person can do to start their addiction recovery process. Really! Addiction is a brain disease. Thus, “things,” such as nutrition, that can help heal the brain actually help treat the disease and assist a person in their long-term recovery. The following is…
Read MoreI called myself a social drinker, but…
Social drinker – what is a social drinker as opposed to say, an alcoholic? The following is a guest post by Helen Tirbutt, co-author (with her husband, Edmond Tirbutt) of the books, Beat the Booze and Help Them Beat the Booze. To learn more about Helen and Edmond Tirbutt’s books and work, visit their website, BeattheBooze.com.…
Read MoreBrain Development | Mental Illness and Underage Drug | Alcohol Misuse
Brain Development | Mental Illness and Underage Drug | Alcohol Misuse – yes – there is a strong, deeply important connection between these three that must be understood. For this reason, I’m sharing a video by Pathway to Prevention that Cathy Taughinbaugh of TreatmentTalk.org shared on her website recently. The messages it contains are extremely…
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